This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on British television programmes.
Comedy
Drama
TV programme | Film | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
The Avengers | ITV | 1961 | 1969 | The Avengers | 1998 |
Callan | ITV | 1967 | 1972 | Callan | 1974 |
Downton Abbey | ITV | 2010 | 2015 | Downton Abbey | 2019 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | 2022 | ||||
Edge of Darkness | BBC2 | 1985 | 1985 | Edge of Darkness | 2010 |
The Grove Family | BBC Television Service | 1954 | 1957 | It's a Great Day | 1955 |
Man at the Top | ITV | 1970 | 1972 | Man at the Top | 1973 |
Pennies from Heaven | BBC1 | 1978 | 1978 | Pennies from Heaven | 1981 |
The Saint | ITV | 1962 | 1969 | The Saint | 1997 |
The Sentimental Agent | ITV | 1963 | 1963 | Our Man in the Caribbean | 1962 |
The Singing Detective | BBC1 | 1986 | 1986 | The Singing Detective | 2003 |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII | BBC2 | 1970 | 1970 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | 1972 |
Spooks | BBC One | 2002 | 2011 | Spooks: The Greater Good | 2015 |
State of Play | BBC One | 2003 | 2003 | State of Play | 2009 |
The Sweeney | ITV | 1975 | 1978 | Sweeney! | 1977 |
Sweeney 2 | 1978 | ||||
The Sweeney | 2012 | ||||
Traffik | Channel 4 | 1989 | 1989 | Traffic | 2000 |
Widows | ITV | 1983 | 1985 | Widows | 2018 |
Science fiction
TV programme | Film | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
Doctor Who | BBC TV | 1963 | 1989 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | 1965 |
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | 1966 | ||||
Doomwatch | BBC1 | 1970 | 1972 | Doomwatch | 1972 |
The Quatermass Experiment | BBC Television Service | 1953 | 1953 | The Quatermass Xperiment | 1955 |
Quatermass II | BBC Television Service | 1955 | 1955 | Quatermass 2 | 1957 |
Quatermass and the Pit | BBC Television Service | 1958 | 1959 | Quatermass and the Pit | 1967 |
Quatermass | ITV | 1979 | 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | 1980 |
Thunderbirds | ITV | 1965 | 1966 | Thunderbirds Are Go | 1966 |
Thunderbird 6 | 1968 | ||||
Thunderbirds | 2004 |
Documentary
TV programme | Film | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
The Blue Planet | BBC One | 2001 | 2001 | Deep Blue | 2003 |
Planet Earth | BBC One / BBC HD | 2006 | 2006 | Earth | 2007 |
Earth: One Amazing Day | 2017 | ||||
Walking with Dinosaurs | BBC One | 1999 | 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs | 2013 |
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D | 2014 |
Children's television
TV programme | Film | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
Fireman Sam | BBC1 / Channel 5 | 1987 | TBD | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie | 2017 |
The Magic Roundabout | BBC1 / Channel 4 | 1965 | 1992 | Dougal and the Blue Cat | 1972 |
The Magic Roundabout | 2005 | ||||
Postman Pat | BBC1 / CBeebies | 1981 | 2017 | Postman Pat: The Movie | 2014 |
Shaun the Sheep | CBBC | 2007 | TBD | Shaun the Sheep Movie | 2015 |
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | 2019 | ||||
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends | ITV | 1984 | 2021 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | 2000 |
Wallace and Gromit | BBC1 | 1989 | 2008 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 |
See also
Notes
- The Ali G character first appeared in The 11 O'Clock Show
- The George and Mildred characters first appeared in Man About the House (1973)
- Horrible Histories was based on the book series of the same name
- The Alan Partridge character first appeared in the radio programme On the Hour (1991) and on TV in The Day Today (1994)
- The Keith Lemon character first appeared on TV in Bo' Selecta!
- Mrs. Brown's Boys evolved from the radio play Mrs. Browne's Boys (1992) and a book series
- The Muppets originated in the US TV programme Sam and Friends (1955), and appeared in other shows predating The Muppet Show
- The Shaun character first appeared in A Close Shave (1995)
- Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was based on The Railway Series of books
References
- Marcus, Laurence; Hulse, Stephen R. (19 October 2000). "The Larkins". Television Heaven. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- Carling, David; Douglas, Su (17 June 2017). "Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie". IMDb.